As two evil sisters prepare to conquer the land, two renegades—Eric the Huntsman, who aided Snow White in defeating Ravenna in Snowwhite and the Huntsman, and his forbidden lover, Sara—set out to stop them.
Freya is given the barest veil of a backstory while Ravenna just oozes ribbons of black bile (literally) for her own evil reasons. These women may be strong but they are never deep.
– Kate Taylor,
Globe and Mail,
22 Apr 2016
rotten:
Here's hoping that any future installment ditches the Huntsman the way that Snow White was shunted aside, because the evil queens are where it's at.
– Alison Willmore,
BuzzFeed News,
22 Apr 2016
rotten:
The script lifts so much plot from Disney's animated Frozen that it could qualify as a remake. No one sings "Let It Go," but my advice to audiences is to do just that.
– Peter Travers,
Rolling Stone,
22 Apr 2016
rotten:
By cramming far too much material into 114 minutes, The Huntsman: Winter's War feels rushed and incomplete.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
22 Apr 2016
rotten:
When people gripe about Hollywood's reliance on sequels and cheap franchise cash-ins, this is the kind of movie they mean: no Grimm's Fairy Tale, but a grim tale nonetheless.